
Let us remember that before Christ can ever become our King of glory,
He must become our King of righteousness.
HOPE'S GLORIOUS CONSUMMATION
10.
In what is the whole creation called upon to rejoice? Ps. 96:11-13.
Nom—When the queen of Sheba had seen the riches of Solomon and the
magnificence of his palace, and had heard his wisdom, she was overwhelmed
with the wonder of it, and exclaimed, "the half was not told me." Likewise
when the saints behold Christ coming in His glory and with Him enter into
the glory land, they will be led to exclaim, "Eye hath not seen, nor ear heard,
neither have entered into the heart of man, the things which God bath prepared
for them that love Him." All that God's children have received here on earth in
their realization of God, in the communications of His Spirit, in hopes for the
future, are but faint rays of light in comparison with the glory to be revealed,
are but crumbs from the banquet table of Christ at the "marriage supper of
the Lamb." And in the unfolding of the eternal years how high, how long, how
wide, how deep, the wonders of that land and that city into which He leads
His faithful ones ! Beyond the comprehension of the human mind in its wildest
flights of imagination, or its limited faith in God's promises as revealed in His
word, will be the unfolding of the mystery of God's provision for those who
love and serve Him.
11.
With what joy will the redeemed behold the face of their Saviour?
Ps. 17:15.
NoTE.—"Glorious will be the deliverance of those who have patiently
waited for His coming, and whose names are written in the book of life."—
"The Great Controversy,"
p. 634.
12.
What is the only basis for such a hope? Col. 1:27; 3:4.
NOTE.—One of the most beautiful word pictures of that day when the
saints meet their Lord in glory is given by Uriah Smith in "Daniel and the
Revelation," pages 775, 776:
"The place of gathering has nothing but attraction. Jesus, the fairest among
ten thousand, is there. The throne of God and the Lamb, in the glory of
which the sun disappears as the stars vanish in the light of day, is there. The
city of jasper and gold, whose builder and maker is God, is there. The river
of life, sparkling with the glory of God and flowing from His throne in infinite
purity and peace, is there. The tree of life, with its healing leaves and life-
giving fruit, is there. Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob, Noah, Job, and Daniel,
prophets, apostles, and martyrs, the perfection of heavenly society, will be
there. Visions of beauty are there; fields of living green, flowers that never
fade, streams that never dry, products in variety that never ends, fruits that
never decay, crowns that never dim, harps that know no discord, and all else
of which a taste purified from sin and raised to the plane of immortality, can
form any conception or think desirable, will be there.
"We must be there. We must bask in the forgiving smiles of God, to whom
we have become reconciled, and sin no -more; we must have access to that
exhaustless fount of vitality, the fruit of the tree of life, and never die; we
must repose under the shadow of its leaves, which are for the service of the
nations, and never again grow weary; we must drink from the life-giving
fountain, and thirst nevermore ; we must bathe in its silvery spray, and be re-
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